Atlasjet Flight 4203
The aircraft involved in the accident is seen taxiing at Warsaw Chopin Airport in August 2007.
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| Crash summary | |
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| Date | 30 November 2007 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, pilot error |
| Site | Türbetepe, Keçiborlu, Isparta Province, Turkey 37°52′24″N 30°12′07″E / 37.87333°N 30.20194°ECoordinates: 37°52′24″N 30°12′07″E / 37.87333°N 30.20194°E |
| Passengers | 50 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 57 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Operator | World Focus Airlines on behalf of Atlasjet |
| Registration | TC-AKM |
| Flight origin | Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Destination | Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport, Isparta Province, Turkey |
Atlasjet Flight 4203 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Istanbul to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport in Isparta Province, Turkey. On 30 November 2007, the aircraft operating the flight – a 1994-built McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which Atlasjet had leased from World Focus Airlines just five months before – crashed in the vicinity of Keçiborlu between the villages of Yenitepe and Çukurören while on approach, approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the destination airport. The flight had taken off from Istanbul at 00:51 EET with 50 passengers and 7 crew members on board. All 57 occupants perished in the accident.
The aircraft that operated flight 4203 was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which was manufactured in August 1994 with serial number 53185. It was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 turbofan engines.
The aircraft had initially been deployed to service at Reno Air in September 1994 where it was operated until August 1999, until its merger with American Airlines where it then served until March 2001. Subsequently, Turkish charter airline Freebird Airlines has purchased the aircraft and operated it until May 2005. Finally, World Focus Airlines acquired the aircraft and registered it as TC-AKM in May 2005. The MD-83 was leased to Turkish Airlines in late November the same year and was returned seven months later in June 2006. Eventually, World Focus Airlines American-made sub-leased aircraft to Atlasjet in late June 2007 for a five-month period.
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